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The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is the organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. Its secretariat is based in London, UK. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... The record industry (or recording industry) is the industry that manufactures and distributes mechanical recordings of music. ... Secretariat may refer to: A racehorse who won the Triple Crown in 1973, see Secretariat (horse) In a Communist Party, a Secretariat is a key body that controls the central administration of the party, and if it is a ruling party, the country. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ...

It represents more than 1,450 record companies, large and small, in 75 different countries. Its stated policies are to fight music piracy; promote industry-friendly^{[opinion needs balancing]} copyright laws; and lobby for legal conditions believed to be in the interest of recording companies, including DRM.^{[citation needed]} Copyright infringement is the unauthorized use of copyrighted material in a manner that violates one of the copyright owners exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works that build upon it. ... Digital rights management (DRM) is an umbrella term that refers to access control technologies used by publishers and copyright holders to limit usage of digital media or devices. ...

The chief executive and chairman of IFPI is John Kennedy OBE, who has worked in the industry for more than 30 years and was one of the co-producers of Live Aid and Live8. John Kennedy is a British entertainment lawyer. ... Ethiopia, as its borders were in 1985. ... The Live 8 poster Live 8 is a series of near free concerts planned for July, 2005 in the G8 nations. ...

In addition to its international secretariat, IFPI has regional offices in Brussels, Hong Kong, Miami, Athens and Moscow. For other places with the same name, see Brussels (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... This article is about the capital of Greece. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ...

IFPI recognises 48 affiliate groups, including BPI (British Phonographic Industry), RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association), and CAPIF (Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers). The British Phonographic Industry was founded in 1973 to represent the interests of British music companies and to fight the growing problem of music piracy. ... The RIAA Logo. ... The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry. ... Official logo of CAPIF. The Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers (Spanish: Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, CAPIF) is an Argentine member organization of IFPI. Official website Categories: | | ...

Any company, firm or person producing sound recordings or music videos which are made available to the public in reasonable quantities is eligible for membership of IFPI. In those countries where there is a national group of IFPI or an affiliated organisation, potential members should first join the national body before seeking membership of IFPI.

Domain incident

From October 13, 2007, after an incident involving domain renewal, The Pirate Bay had ownership of the ifpi.com domain. [1] The site title was the replacement backronym "International Federation of Pirates Interests." Ownership of the Domain has since been returned. The Pirate Bay (often abbreviated TPB) is an Internet site that bills itself as the worlds largest BitTorrent tracker and also serves as an index for . ... A backronym (or bacronym) is a phrase that is constructed after the fact from a previously existing abbreviation, the abbreviation being an initialism or an acronym. ...

Oink.cd incident

On October 23, 2007, the torrent website Oink.cd was shut down. The website showed a message telling of an investigation of Oink.cd by the IFPI, BPI, Cleveland Police, and the FIOD ECD into "suspected illegal music distribution". [2] Look up torrent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Oinks Pink Palace (frequently written as OiNK) was a prominent BitTorrent tracker located at Oink. ...

See also

• World music market

The world music market, or global music market consists of record companies, labels and publishers that distribute recorded music products internationally and that often control the rights to those products. ...

External links

• Official website